Contact information
Name:
Williams Center Ticket Office
Phone:
610-330-5009
Email:
williamscenter@lafayette.edu
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When:
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm
Where:
Williams Center for the Arts
Price:
$21 / staff - $5 / Laf students - free
To a certain set of devotees, Hossam Ramzy is the very essence of world percussion. Among those disciples are Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Chick Corea, Joe Bonamassa, Shakira, and Jay-Z, who represent a fraction of the stars this renowned darbuka (Egyptian tabla) player has worked with in his storied career. With the strains that emanate from Saudi Bedouin camps and Egyptian baladi—the urban folk and dance music that is his native tongue—Ramzy fuses sounds from around the world in performances that are expansive and earthy, overflowing with mesmerizing rhythms. An international cohort of like-minded musicians backs him for an intoxicating evening.
Join us from 7:00–7:30 for a free pre-show talk between Hossam Ramzy and Larry Stockton, head of the Department of Music.